Crime & Safety

High Speed Chase Ends In Fairfield Attic Thursday

A parolee was arrested in the attic of a Fairfield apartment after a high-speed chase along Interstate Highway 80 Thursday.

A parolee wanted in Pinole for a fraud offense was arrested in the
attic of a Fairfield apartment after a high-speed chase along Interstate
Highway 80 Thursday.
          Pinole police Chief John Hardester said Xavier Watson, 21, of
Fairfield, tried to pass a fictitious check using his own identification at
the Chase Bank at 1541 Fitzgerald Drive in Pinole around 1:15 p.m.
          Watson was gone when Pinole police arrived at the bank but bank
employees gave a description of Watson's green two-door Honda, Hardester
said.
          Police broadcast the vehicle description over the dispatch center
they share with Hercules police, Hardester said.
          Hercules police officers spotted Watson's Honda and informed
Fairfield police he was heading east on Highway 80 at 1:38 p.m., Fairfield
police Lt. Joe Allio said.
          The California Highway Patrol joined the pursuit that reached
speeds as high as 90 mph and also monitored Watson's flight by plane.
          Watson exited the highway at Air Base Parkway in Fairfield and
drove to the Parkway Gardens apartments on El Basset Court where he either
had a previous address or a contact, Allio said.
          Watson ran into an apartment and Fairfield police tried to contact
him on his cell phone and the phone in the apartment, Allio said. Police also
used a public address system to urge Watson to surrender, but two officers
eventually entered the apartment, Allio said.
          The two officers determined Watson was in the attic above the
apartment, Allio said. Other officers used a battering ram to enter the
next-door apartment that shared the same attic space, Allio said.
          The two officers then fired pepper spray balls in powder form and
entered the attic. Watson was found hiding under insulation and was arrested
at 3:31 p.m., Allio said.
          He was booked into Solano County Jail on suspicion of a parole
violation and evading police, Allio said. Hardester said Pinole police also
will add charges against Watson.

--- Bay City News Service


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